diff --git a/backends/twitter/TwitterPlugin.h b/backends/twitter/TwitterPlugin.h
index 979985f3e77028a23558302334648b0a629cadc7..77351c3e1bdc4a955598ecc3e7edbdaf1bde787c 100644
--- a/backends/twitter/TwitterPlugin.h
+++ b/backends/twitter/TwitterPlugin.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ class TwitterPlugin : public NetworkPlugin {
 		Swift::BoostNetworkFactories *m_factories;
 		Swift::BoostIOServiceThread m_boostIOServiceThread;
 		boost::shared_ptr<Swift::Connection> m_conn;
+		Swift::Timer::ref m_timer;
 		StorageBackend *storagebackend;
 
 		TwitterPlugin(Config *config, Swift::SimpleEventLoop *loop, StorageBackend *storagebackend, const std::string &host, int port);
@@ -71,6 +72,8 @@ class TwitterPlugin : public NetworkPlugin {
 
 		void handleBuddyRemovedRequest(const std::string &user, const std::string &buddyName, const std::vector<std::string> &groups);
 		
+		void pollForTweets();
+		
 		bool getUserOAuthKeyAndSecret(const std::string user, std::string &key, std::string &secret);
 		
 		bool storeUserOAuthKeyAndSecret(const std::string user, const std::string OAuthKey, const std::string OAuthSecret);
@@ -96,6 +99,7 @@ class TwitterPlugin : public NetworkPlugin {
 		ThreadPool *tp;
 		std::map<std::string, twitCurl*> sessions;		
 		std::map<std::string, status> connectionState;
+		std::set<std::string> onlineUsers;
 };
 
 #endif